MPEP Section 1002.02(q), Petitions and Requests Decided by the Director of Office of Initial Patent Examination

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This document contains Section 1002.02(q) ("Petitions and Requests Decided by the Director of Office of Initial Patent Examination") of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (the "M.P.E.P."), Eighth Edition, Eighth Revision (July 2010). This page was last updated in January 2011. You may return to the section index to find a particular section. Alternatively, you may search the MPEP using the search box that appears on the left side of every page of BitLaw--you may restrict your search to the MPEP on the search results page.

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1002.02(q) Petitions and Requests Decided by the Director of Office of Initial Patent Examination

1. Requests under 37 CFR 1.48(d) to add the name of an inventor in a provisional application.

2. Requests under 37 CFR 1.48(e) to delete the name of the person erroneously named as an inventor in a provisional application.

3. Petitions to convert a nonprovisional application filed under 37 CFR 1.53(b) to a provisional application under 37 CFR 1.53(c) where the nonprovisional application is before the Office of Initial Patent Examination or where the nonprovisional application is before the Office of Publications.

4. Requests to convert a provisional application filed under 37 CFR 1.53(c) to a nonprovisional application under 37 CFR 1.53(b) where the provisional application is before the Office of Initial Patent Examination.

5. Petitions under 37 CFR 1.182 to accept omitted page(s) or drawing(s) and be accorded a filing date as of the date of such submission, or to accept drawings for purposes of a patent application publication.

6. Petitions to withdraw holding of abandonment where notices of abandonment were mailed by the Office of Initial Patent Examination.

7. Petitions for extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(b) in applications before the Office of Initial Patent Examination.